A first principles study of positively c
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Richard Nicolas; Girard Sylvain; Martin-Samos Layla; Boukenter Aziz; Ouerdane Yo
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Using first principles calculations in a periodic amorphous silica supercell, we calculated the energies and the migration barriers of a positively charged oxygen vacancy in pure and germanium-doped silica. The results show that the puckered and dimer structures of the Si-E 0 and of the Ge-E 0 cente